"That's a really rough number, I'm getting that figure from firefighters, we don't know yet, " he said.

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The rough total number of unemployed or underemployed people right now is 23.1 million.

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The Rough Sleeping England 2011 Report has also shown that the Taunton Deane area, which had 12 rough sleepers in 2010, now has the highest number of rough sleepers in the West Country, compared to four people in Bath and North East Somerset, and eight in Bristol.

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